mature; becoming precocious
than; other than; except; but
during the night; at night
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
quotation; citation; reference
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
antiquity; the previous era
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
one's previous life; previous existence
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
leaving something to chance; drifting; (being) happy-go-lucky
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
close-up; bringing attention (to); bringing to the fore; putting under close scrutiny
material for experiments; experimental material
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
finder (of lost property)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked